In autumn, leaves fall to the ground. Many trees have nuts and fruit. Animals may begin to store food. Some birds collect nuts to store. Other birds fly to warmer places for winter. They won’t return until spring. Days become shorter. Cold weather is coming. The fur of many animals gets thick because they need a thick coat to protect them. People also wear warmer clothes, because the weather is a little colder. In some places there may be rain or even snow, but in many southern places it is still warm. Autumn is also the time when farmers harvest their crops. People look forward to autumn for many reasons. The most important one is that autumn is he harvest season.

My name is Sandy. I’m 7. I have a photo of my family. This old man is my grandfather and this happy woman is my grandmother. My father is beside my grandfather. The woman in front of my father is my mother. My father is tall and strong. My mother is short and thin. The lovely boy is my brother, Dicky. He is three. I love my family.

Mr White lives in a nice house in a small town with his wife（妻子）, Mrs White.

From Monday to Friday he teaches in a school near his house. He is free on Saturdays and Sundays. He has a nice garden beside his house. He likes growing flowers and he often works in the garden on Saturdays and Sundays. The flowers are very beautiful and Mrs White likes them very much. She often helps Mr White.

John, Jack and Kate are brothers and sister. They all study in a middle school. John is in Grade Three. Jack is in Grade Two and Kate is in Grade One. They work very hard. They are now studying Chinese. They have lunch at school. They often go home at four thirty. Sometimes they go home at five. Their father and mother are both teachers. They teach English. They work in a middle school.

Alice lives in Shenzhen. She had a wonderful and busy summer holiday. She went to a lot of places and did a lot of things. At the beginning of the summer holiday, she finished her homework at home. Then she went to Hong Kong and bought many things with her family. After that she went to her hometown. Hunan and visited her grandparents. She helped her grandparents do a lot of housework. She watered the plants, set the table, made the bed and cleaned the room. Then, Alice went to Guilin with her family. They ate a lot of delicious food and took the bamboo raft. At the end of the summer holiday, she went to Yunnan. She climbed the Yulong Snow Mountain. She felt very excited!